This excellent post by @patio11 on building a personal portfolio: https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/do-not-end-the-week-with-nothing makes an interesting comment about GitHub. He argues that a custom website for a project is much better than just having a repo!
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It's weird that GitHub shows time since the last commit, but not time since the first commit. It's a nice way of seeing how mature a project is.
The "line of death", where the browser UI splits between trusted UI elements and UI controlled by the website.
Also argues that HTTP warnings are better than HTTPS padlocks, because there's incentive to spoof padlocks lower on the page.
https://emilymstark.com/2022/12/18/death-to-the-line-of-death.html
I've dabbled with 'conventional commits' for a personal project but I found they slowed me down.
It's not always easy to categorise a commit as a fix, a chore etc. Sometimes refactorings also fix bugs.
Do you use them? I can imagine a large, mature project benefitting more.